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8th Pennsylvania Reserves; and " A Daily 

 Journal of the 192d Regiment Pennsylvania 

 Volunteers " (one hundred days men), by John 

 0. Meyers. To this class belong also properly 

 tho records of the part borne by particular 

 States in the war. Among these are : " The 

 Patriotism of Illinois," by T. M, Eddy, D. D. ; 

 " The Martyrs and Heroes of Illinois in the 

 Great Rebellion," by James Barnet; "Rhode 

 Island in the Rebellion," by Edwin W. Stone ; 

 "Maine in the War for the Union," a History 

 of the part borne by Maine Troops in the Sup- 

 pression of the American Rebellion," by Wil- 

 liam E. S. Whitman and Charles II. True ; 

 and " The Reports of the Military Bureau of 

 New York." 



Of worlcs relating to the war, hot strictly his- 

 torical, the year has been remarkably prolific. 

 A large class among them are narratives of 

 personal adventure and experience, or of obser- 

 vations of adventures of others, in camp, field, 

 hospital, or prison. Among these are : " The 

 Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the 

 Escape," by A. D. Richardson, " Tribune " Cor- 

 respondent; "Four Years in Secessia," by 

 Julius Henri Browne, Special War Correspond- 

 ent of the " Tribune; " " Camp-Fire and Cot- 

 ton-Field; Southern Adventures in Time of 

 War," by Thomas W. Knox, "Herald" Cor- 

 respondent ; " A Nurse and Spy in the Union 

 Army, comprising the Adventures and Ex- 

 perience of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and 

 Battle-Fiekls," by S. Emma E. Edmonds; 

 " Thrilling Stories of the Rebellion," by Lieut.- 

 "Col. Charles S. Greene; "The Life and Ad- 

 ventures of Miss Major Pauline Cushman, 

 Union Spy and Scout," by F. L. Sarmiento; 

 " The Scout and Ranger ; or, The Adventures 

 of Corporal James Pike in the Army of the 

 Cumberland ; " "Patriot Boys and Prison Pic- 

 tures," by Edmund Kirke (J. R. Gilmore) ; " A 

 Voice from Rebel Prisons, giving an Account 

 of some of the Horrors of the Stockade at An- 

 dersonville, Millen, and other Prisons," by a 

 Returned Prisoner of War ; " Prison Life in 

 the South during the years 18G4-'G5," by A. 0. 

 Abbott, late Lieutenant 1st N. Y. Dragoons ; 

 "Life and Death in Rebel Prisons," by Robert 

 H. Kellogg, 16th Connecticut Volunteers; 

 " Nineteen Months a Prisoner of War ; 

 Narrative of Lieut. G. E. Sabre, 2d Rhode 

 Island Cavalry ; " " Fourteen Months in South- 

 ern Prisons," by H. M. Davidson, member of 

 Battery A., 1st Ohio V. L. A.; "LibbyLife, 

 Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Richmond, 

 Va.," by Lieut.-Col. F. F. Cavada, U. S. V. ; 

 "Lights and Shadows of Army Life; or, Pen 

 Pictures from the Battle-Field, the Camp, and 

 the Hospital," by Rev. W. W. Lyle, Chaplain 

 llth Regiment O. V. L; "Soldiers' Letters, 

 from Camp, Battle-Field, and Prison," edited 

 by Lydia Minturn Post; "The Soldier Bird," 



I a History ot "Old Abe, the Live War 

 Eagle of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment," by 

 Joseph 0. Barrett ; " The Yankee Scout ; or, 

 Haps and Mishaps on the Border," by James 

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L. Bowen. To these may be added two from 

 Southern sources, viz., "Bell Boyd in Catnip 

 and Prison," written by herself (Mrs. Har- 

 dinge), with an Introduction, by G. A. Sala; 

 and " Observations on the North ; Eight 

 Months in Prison and on Parole," by Edward 

 A. Pollard. 



Under this head may also be properly enu- 

 merated a very considerable class of essays and 

 didactic works, political discussions, etc., bear- 

 ing on the war. Among these, are : " The 

 American Republic ; its Constitution, Tenden- 

 cies, and Destiny," by Orestes A. Rrownson, 

 LL. D. ; " The Criminal ; the Crime ; the 

 Penalty," by George H. Hopworth; "Mr. 

 Ambrose's Letters on the Rebellion," by John 

 P. Kennedy ; " Thoughts on the Future Civil 

 Policy of America," by J. W. Draper, M. D., 

 LL. D; "Mr. Buchanan's Administration on 

 the Eve of the Rebellion," by James Buchanan, 

 late President U. S.; "Glimpses of History," 

 by George M. Towle ; " The Charter of Ameri- 

 can Liberty ; " " Speeches of John Bright, 

 M. P., on the American Question," with an In- 

 troduction by Frank Moore; "What I Heard 

 in Europe during the American Excitement," 

 by John H. Tobitt ; " Hasty Recognition of 

 Rebel Belligerency, and Our Right to Complain 

 of It," by George Bemis ; " The Work of New 

 England in the Future of our Country; an 

 Election Sermon," by Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D. ; 

 "Patriotism in Poetry and Prose; Selec- 

 tions and Original Poems," by Boker, T. B. 

 Read, Janvier, and others ; " The Patriotic 

 Readings of James E. Murdoch ; " " Trial of 

 John M. Beall, as a Spy and Guerrilla, by a 

 Military Commission ; " "Rebel Brag *nd 

 British Bluster," by Owlsglass. 



There are also a few fictions based on historic 

 incidents which, properly enough, may be 

 ranged under this class ; among these are " The 

 Angel of the Battle-Field," by Wesley Brad- 

 hus ; " The Devil in Dixie," a Tale of the Times, 

 Semi-Comical, Semi-Historical and Quasi-Dia- 

 bolical ; " Tobias Wilson, a Tale of the Great 

 Rebellion," by Hon. Jeremiah Clemens; 

 " Tales of the Picket Guard, or the Blue 

 Devils driven from Camp." Rev. H. N. Hud- 

 son, for some time Chaplain in the Army, 

 has published a pamphlet entitled "A Chap- 

 lain's Campaign with General Butler ; " and 

 Mr. Charles J. StillS, of Philadelphia, has 

 prepared for the Sanitary Commission, a 

 Memorial of the Great Central Fair for the 

 U. S. Sanitary Commission held at Philadel- 

 phia, June, 1864. Histories of the Boston, 

 the Metropolitan (N. Y.), the Brooklyn, the 

 Cincinnati, the Pittsburg, and the St. Loui? 

 Sanitary Fairs were also published during tho 

 year. 



In the class of American local and other 

 histories not connected with the war, there 

 have been a large number of publications, 

 many of them reprints of works published in 

 the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, 

 printed in limited editions, and on large paper, 



